Core Text
Core Textתַּנְיָא, תֹּהוּ — קוֹ יָרוֹק הַמַּקִּיף אֶת כָּל הָעוֹלָם כֻּלּוֹ שֶׁמִּמֶּנּוּ יָצָא חֹשֶׁךְ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״יָשֶׁת חֹשֶׁךְ סִתְרוֹ סְבִיבוֹתָיו״. בֹּהוּ — אֵלּוּ אֲבָנִים הַמְשֻׁלָּמוֹת הַמְשֻׁקָּעוֹת בַּתְּהוֹם שֶׁמֵּהֶן יוֹצְאִים מַיִם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וְנָטָה עָלֶיהָ קַו תֹּהוּ וְאַבְנֵי בֹהוּ״.
English of Core Text: It was taught: Tohu is a green line that surrounds the whole world and from which darkness issues, as it is said “He made darkness His hiding-place, His canopy around Him.” Bohu — these are the polished stones sunk in the deep from which water issues, as it is said “He will stretch over it the line of tohu and the stones of bohu.”